Notas y artículos de interés
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United States Government/The Later Amendments
Since the Bill of Rights, there have been seventeen Amendments to the Constitution.
 

United States Government/The Judicial Branch
The United States judicial system includes the Supreme Court of the United States and the inferior federal courts. The President nominate an individual to serve as a judge, after which the Senate must grant its advice and consent before the President can formally appoint the judge.
 

United States Government/The Federal System
The United States is exactly that--a Union of states. Each state has its own individual powers. However, that does not mean that the states have power to legislate on all matters.
 

United States Government/The Executive Branch
The Executive Branch, which executes and enforces the laws, is headed by the President and the Vice President. In addition, it includes the executive departments, which deal with general topics, and the heads of departments, who are known as Secretaries (Attorney-General in the Department of Justice).
 

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC or FCCC) is an international environmental treaty produced at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), informally known as the Earth Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. The treaty aimed at reducing emissions of greenhouse gas in order to combat global warming.
 

Software patents under United States patent law
In the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) did not grant a patent if the invention used a calculation made by a computer.
 

Patents granted in the United Kingdom
There are four over-riding requirements for a patent to be granted under United Kingdom patent law.
 

Software patents under United Kingdom patent law
There are four over-riding requirements for a patent to be granted under United Kingdom patent law. Firstly, there must have been an invention.
 

Software patent debate
There is heated debate as to whether and to what extent it should be possible to patent software and computer-implemented inventions as a matter of public policy.
 

Mitigation of global warming
The scientific consensus on global warming, together with the precautionary principle and the fear of non-linear climate transitions is leading to increasing action to mitigate global warming.
 

Legal aspects of computing
There is intellectual property in general, including copyright, rules on fair use, and special rules on copy prevention for digital media, and circumvention of such prevention schemes.
 

Kyoto Protocol
The Kyoto Protocol is an amendment to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
 

Energy policy of the European Union
Although the European Union has legislated in the area of energy policy for many years, and evolved out of the European Coal and Steel Community, the concept of introducing a mandatory and comprehensive European energy policy was only approved at the meeting of the European Council on October 27, 2005 in London.
 

Electronic Data Interchange
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is a set of standards for structuring information to be electronically exchanged between and within businesses, organizations, government entities and other groups.
 

Electronic commerce
Electronic Commerce (also referred to as EC, e-commerce or ecommerce) consists primarily of the distributing, buying, selling, marketing and servicing of products or services over electronic system such as the Internet and other computer networks.